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To write, talk, think, or have feelings about a particular thing 有关（想起某事、洽谈某事或对某事的感受）。表示某人的言语、思想或情感与某事有关。

用在附加状语里或动词 be 之后，常跟有 -ing 小句：

• Let‘s talk about this in the morning.

• 让我们在上午谈论此事吧。

• Don't worry about getting killed.

• 别担心被杀死。

• I forgot all about it.
• 我把这事忘得一干二净。

• This book is about death.
• 这是本有关死亡的书。

用在名词之后：

• ··· a book about fishing.
• ······一本有关捕鱼的书。

• You will have to give them information about your income.
• 你得给他们提供有关你收入的资料。

用在形容词之后：

• Pembridge is said to angry about the delay.
• 据说彭布里奇对拖延感到生气。

• Yet how could she have been mistaken about a thing like this?
• 然而她当时怎么会把这样的事弄错了？

• I couldn't sleep properly because I was worried about being late in the morning.
• 我不能安睡，因为担心早上迟到。

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2

To do something about an unsatisfactory situation 努力改变差强人意的局面。

用在动词 do 之后的附加状语里：

• We don't do much about heredity.
• 在遗传性方面，我们能做的不多。

• I should do something about those spots, dear, if I were you.
• 亲爱的，我是你的话，就会把那些污点去掉。

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3

A vague quality about someone or something 指某人或某事物有种模糊不清的特征。

用在附加状语里：

• He has a sort of originality about him.
• 他拥有一种独特的创造力。

• There was something frightening about the experience.
• 这样的经历有些令人恐惧。

• There is nothing particularly frail about him in the physical sense.
• 在体质方面，他并非特别脆弱。

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4

Things about something 指这些事物围绕着某物或存在于某物的周围。

用在名词之后：

• The little wrinkles about her eyes were more noticeable now.
• 她眼角上细小的鱼尾纹现在更明显了。

• Youngsters are receiving maximum exposure to new ideas of the world about them.
• 年青人大量接触到周围世界的新思想。

用在附加状语里：

• He put his arms about her and clung to her.
• 他用双臂紧紧拥抱住她。

• Shells exploded all about them.
• 炮弹在他们四周爆炸。

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5

To move about a place 在某地到处活动。

用在附加状语里：

• I wandered about the flat, letting the time pass.
• 我在公寓里踱来踱去，打发时光。

• It wouldn't be safe to have the children running about the grounds.
• 任由孩子们在院子里奔跑并不安全。

也可用作副词：

• I wandered about, admiring these detailed preparations.
• 我四处逛逛，欣赏着这些细致的准备工作。